Brawl Goes Jason Litzau's Way (East Side Boxing)
By Paul Strauss : The American Boy beat the US Marine. How does that work? Well, tonight it was Jason "The American Boy" Litzau who scored a unanimous decision over Johnnie "The Lumberjack" Edwards.

Short- and Long-term Implications of Discounting Hotel Room Rates | By Mark Brady and Amber Cheung (Hospitality Net)
When it comes to profits, the benefits of rate discounting for hotels are illusory, and the negative effects are both immediate and far-reaching. One of the most important decisions facing hotel managers in an economic drought is determining room rates optimal to maintaining occupancy levels and market share. As occupancy levels fall, rates tend to tumble even more quickly in an attempt to ...

Cellphonometry: Can Kids Really Learn Math From Smartphones? (Fast Company Magazine)
Schools are partnering with mobile-phone companies to help kids conquer math. Are smartphone-learning initiatives more than a corporate gimmick? In middle school, math was Taylor Scott's worst subject by far. "I honestly hated it," says Scott, now a 15-year-old sophomore at Southwest High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. She'd take notes as the teacher droned on, but she never really ...

Searching For The Right Hand-Scrubbing Message (NPR)
Researchers tried various slogans to encourage travelers to lather up after using rest stop toilets, from the disgusting — "Soap it off or eat it later" — to the educational — "Water doesn't kill germs, soap does." Hygiene expert Val Curtis reports on the most effective messages.